Immigration In The Uk
...Since the European Union’s expansion to welcome 10 new states, UK has experienced an influx of immigrants, arriving from all around the world for various religious, personal, and political reasons. Regardless of their reasons to leave their home country, UK has been the place for them to start a new life. Immigration in the UK can be a controversial issue that is at times considered detrimental to the country or as something that contributes wealth to the nation. Regardless of these opposing viewpoints, immigration has and will continue to change UK’s social ad political culture as well as its economy; it remains one of the factors that have shaped UK’s contemporary society.
The history of settlement in the UK dates back to 800-200BC with the movement of Celtic people into Britain from Europe. They were soon followed by the Roman military, which occupied Britain from AD43 through AD409. After the Romans withdrew, Angles and Saxons invaded; they were known to either mix with the existing population or push it westwards. Their invasion led to the division of the country into zones which pushed Anglo-Saxons in England, with Celtic areas in Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. In the eighth and ninth centuries AD, all these zones suffered from Scandinavian military invasions.
Britain’s early history was completed when the Angles and Saxons were defeated by French-Norman invaders at the Battle of Hastings in AD1066. The Norman Conquest was an important defining moment in the English history because not only were they subjected to Norman rule, but the conquest also influenced the English people and their language. UK’s history of early settlement and invasions affected the development of British life and established the basis of modern life. Newcomers after these invasions often imposed their cultures on the existing society as well as...
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